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- A small brush fire broke out today in the Santa Clarita Valley, slowing traffic on the 5 Freeway over the Newhall Pass.
- The controversial moment has arrived: Sarah Palin will speak at an event in Northern California tonight at CSU Stanislaus.
- The "Geezer Bandit" isn't the only elderly person robbing banks, now there's another "old man" robber.
- Major cuts will continue to hit LAUSD pretty hard over the next few years.
- Well, yeah: If If Anyone Can Bring the NFL to Los Angeles, It's Ari Gold.
- Sweet video (it gets good near the end): On the Venice Boardwalk, two guys do tricks on a segway and BMX bike.
- "A spectator was arrested in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom today after he shouted at a former BART officer on trial for the shooting death of a man at an Oakland transit station."
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